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Hartwell Brothers
1910 – 1940

The Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad Coal Department was established in 1851. The railroad ran its own mines until Congress passed the Hepburn Act in 1906, which prohibited national railroads from hauling commodities that they mined or produced.

Steel, hickory, wood. H 32.5, W 3.7, L 46.1 cm
Steamtown National Historic Site, STEA 3815